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Bill	Teachers: credentialing.	Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to issue a 5-year preliminary teaching credential, including a preliminary 5-year "professional clear teaching credential," to an out-of-state prepared teacher who meets specified requirements. Existing law requires the commission to issue a professional clear teaching credential to an out-of-state prepared applicant who satisfies specified requirements, provides verification of 2 or more years of teaching experience, and documents the fulfillment of other specified requirements. If the applicant does not meet the experience requirement, the applicant is required to be issued credentials upon verification of other requirements, including that the commission has issued the applicant a preliminary 5-year teaching credential.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 941	California SB 941 (20112012)	bill	Teachers: credentialing.	enacted	Committee on Education	7	23	6	2011-03-24	2011-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/68fa2113-14ec-4803-b249-75071878ceed	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB941	547b76ebeb991690d320d8b3aa04f3fcf757cee8c33e59df1a6dd3de582c234d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 941 (20112012) — Teachers: credentialing.

Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to issue a 5-year preliminary teaching credential, including a preliminary 5-year "professional clear teaching credential," to an out-of-state prepared teacher who meets specified requirements. Existing law requires the commission to issue a professional clear teaching credential to an out-of-state prepared applicant who satisfies specified requirements, provides verification of 2 or more years of teaching experience, and documents the fulfillment of other specified requirements. If the applicant does not meet the experience requirement, the applicant is required to be issued credentials upon verification of other requirements, including that the commission has issued the applicant a preliminary 5-year teaching credential.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 03/24/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/25/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/14/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/30/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/26/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB941 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/01/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd SB941 Committee on Ed. — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 941 E.D. Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB941 Committee on Ed. (Lowenthal) Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Education — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2011-03-24 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2011-03-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 24.
• 2011-03-31 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2011-04-21 Set for hearing May 4.
• 2011-04-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-05-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 851.) (May 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-06 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2011-05-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
• 2011-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1063.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-05-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2011-06-02 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2011-06-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-06-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 22). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-08-18 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-08-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2597.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-08-25 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2011-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2158.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2011-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 348, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/68fa2113-14ec-4803-b249-75071878ceed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).